Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) and Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II.
Project Leader, RFBerlin.
Research Network Affiliate, CESifo.
Ph.D. in Economics (2024), University College London.
Research areas: labor economics, public economics, applied microeconomics.
Contact:
lorenzo.incoronato [at] unina.it
Department of Economics and Statistics
University of Naples Federico II
Via Cintia Monte S. Angelo
80126 Napoli, Italy
Research (click here for drafts & more information)
WORKING PAPERS
"Place-based industrial policies and local agglomeration in the long run"
with S. Lattanzio (Bank of Italy)
"Opting out of centralized collective bargaining: evidence from Italy"
with C. Dustmann (UCL), C. Giannetto (UCL), C. Lacava (Naples Federico II), V. Pezone (LUISS), R. Saggio (UBC) and B. Schoefer (Berkeley)
"Declining free lunch: state capacity and foregone public spending"
with S. Fritz (IWH-Halle) and C. van der List (Essex)
"Salary caps for public managers and public sector performance"
with E. Di Porto (Sapienza), C. Dustmann (UCL) and C. Giannetto (UCL)
"Demographic change and entrepreneurship across regions: long-run evidence from Italy"
with F. Barbiellini Amidei (Bank of Italy), M. Gomellini (Bank of Italy) and P. Piselli (Bank of Italy)
Revisions requested, Regional Studies
WORK IN PROGRESS (Slides/draft available upon request)
"Hiring subsidies and female employment"
with M. Distefano (LSE) and A. Raute (QMUL)
"Teleworking and workers' careers"
with V. Pezone (LUISS) and A. Scognamiglio (Naples Federico II)
PUBLICATIONS
"Government transfers and votes for state intervention"
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (3): 451–80
with G. Albanese (Bank of Italy) and G. de Blasio (Bank of Italy)
"The age-productivity profile: long-run evidence from Italian regions"
Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024: 1-22
with F. Barbiellini Amidei (Bank of Italy), M. Gomellini (Bank of Italy) and P. Piselli (Bank of Italy)
NEWS
Call for papers: CSEF-CEPR Conference on Labor and Finance, Capri, June 26-27, 2026
Call for papers: Conference on Occupational Mismatch and Skill Shortage, Naples, September 10-11, 2026
RFBerlin Research Insight: "The Winners and Losers of Collective Bargaining Decentralization"
"Salary caps for public managers and public sector performance" presented at the 2025 NBER Summer Institute, Personnel Economics